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Child Playing With Lighter Causes Home Fire

By News Jul 6, 2020 | 1:56 PM

Lincoln Fire & Rescue responded to a fire on July 4th at 8:10 a.m. on Gaslight Lane .  Four people had made it out of the mobile home but firefighters rescued two dogs inside.  The fire started on a mattress located in the rear bedroom.  The fire was quickly put out.

Fire inspectors determined the cause of the fire was a child playing with a lighter o the mattress.

The damage estimates were $8,000 to the structure and $1000 in contents.  Inspector Gross counseled the child on the dangers of playing with a lighter or matches.

Lincoln Fire & Rescue responded to fourteen total fireworks related incidents from 5 p.m.on July 3rd to July 4th at 11:54 p.m. This number of calls is compared to thirteen in 2019 over the same timeframe.